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How do I bring Excel graph to illustrator (no cut and paste)
I am using Excel 2003 and Illustrator 9.0, how do I bring in a chart (like a
2D surface chart) from Excel into Illustrator, so that it can be edited in illustrator (so that it is not just an image)? Cutting and pasting is not working. |
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How do I bring Excel graph to illustrator (no cut and paste)
I take it this can't be done? "Excel_lent" wrote: I am using Excel 2003 and Illustrator 9.0, how do I bring in a chart (like a 2D surface chart) from Excel into Illustrator, so that it can be edited in illustrator (so that it is not just an image)? Cutting and pasting is not working. |
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How do I bring Excel graph to illustrator (no cut and paste)
Unless Illustrator understands the concept of an XL chart, wouldn't it
be meaningless to try and keep the XL chart as anything but an image in it? -- Regards, Tushar Mehta www.tushar-mehta.com Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials Custom MS Office productivity solutions In article , says... I take it this can't be done? "Excel_lent" wrote: I am using Excel 2003 and Illustrator 9.0, how do I bring in a chart (like a 2D surface chart) from Excel into Illustrator, so that it can be edited in illustrator (so that it is not just an image)? Cutting and pasting is not working. |
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How do I bring Excel graph to illustrator (no cut and paste)
By "edit in Illustrator" and "just a picture", I assume you mean you
want a vector graphic, not a bitmap. I have no idea how Illustrator works, but here's what I do with target apps that understand metafiles (i.e., vector images). In Excel I copy the chart as a picture. I do this by holding Shift when I select the Edit menu, which changes Copy to Copy Picture. Then I select the On Screen option(s) and As Picture. Then I go to the target application and use its native Paste command. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ Excel_lent wrote: I take it this can't be done? "Excel_lent" wrote: I am using Excel 2003 and Illustrator 9.0, how do I bring in a chart (like a 2D surface chart) from Excel into Illustrator, so that it can be edited in illustrator (so that it is not just an image)? Cutting and pasting is not working. |
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How do I bring Excel graph to illustrator (no cut and paste)
Thanks Jon, I didn't know the lingo, but yes, a vector image is what I was looking for. I'm getting my chart to copy as a picture, but it still will not paste in Illustrator. So, I guess the logical alternative would be to save the file as a metafile (ie vector image), then open it in Illustrator. Do you know a good way to save Excel charts as Metafiles? Thanks for your help! -Louis "Jon Peltier" wrote: By "edit in Illustrator" and "just a picture", I assume you mean you want a vector graphic, not a bitmap. I have no idea how Illustrator works, but here's what I do with target apps that understand metafiles (i.e., vector images). In Excel I copy the chart as a picture. I do this by holding Shift when I select the Edit menu, which changes Copy to Copy Picture. Then I select the On Screen option(s) and As Picture. Then I go to the target application and use its native Paste command. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ Excel_lent wrote: I take it this can't be done? "Excel_lent" wrote: I am using Excel 2003 and Illustrator 9.0, how do I bring in a chart (like a 2D surface chart) from Excel into Illustrator, so that it can be edited in illustrator (so that it is not just an image)? Cutting and pasting is not working. |
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